con3para Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 HI all just a quick question , is it worth an update to a i7 930 , i5 , 2500k...from my currant sig ... is it really worth the money say £300.00 motherboard and cpu . memory ..ect.. to see the difference ,or go to a Q6600 ..CPU .. ill keep the video card .. any ideas welcome HAF TOWER / MSI z77 G43 /-i5-3570k.@ 3.4mhz / GTX 780 / Patriot 8GB. DDR3 / TM-HOTAS-warthog 00228 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjolner Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 DCS is very CPU bound so definitely you will see a difference. With the i5 2500k you can easily push a 5 ghz overclock without sweating. On the other hand, I am runnin an I7 920 @ 4.0GHZ and so I decided to upgrade from 2 5870 to a 7970. Crossfirex doesnt work in DCS anyway. I get a fairly consistant 60 to 70 FPS avg, minimums of 30 with peaks around 150 fps. From my experience, going to the 7970 gave a significant increase in fps, double in most cases. Not bad for a $550 dollar upgrade, not to mention a serious decrease in power consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Yes.;) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Here is a very simple test to see what to upgrade for DCS: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1381103#post1381103 Before any one answers your question (lots of info is missing to decide...) - there is a very simple test to see if your CPU is the bottleneck , - and so you can decide if you will benefit from a new GPU. Run a track that is recorded in a campaign mission with a lots of battle going on. Do this first on your normal setting with your system is in the exact same configuration (monitors/exports...) - and than do it with all graphic settings are turned to low. - If you have a better overall average FPS at the seconded run,...you can benefit from a GPU upgrade. If the average (not the max!) is staying the similar/same - you should think about a CPU upgrade first - because a better GPU will only help you to turn on more GFX options on like HDR/AA... but it will not higher your FPS while the CPU is struggling with the calculations for the ongoing battle. (that's why I call DCS a "framed" simulation) If you running Multi monitors in a windowed configuration and want to have a boost for "free" :SoftTH NEWS This will make it possible to run DCS in full-screen and even have Helios visible at your secondary screens. more than 1GB V-ram helps if you run on very high resolutions/have more than one View-ports and/or more than one monitors. - if you only want to run 1 monitor in 1650x1080 - 1GB is sufficient. One minor addition: if your datamining tool allows it, getting both median and average could be useful to inform you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTommy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 No.. Overclock that E8400 and you'll have no problems. I have a E8400 @ 3.6Ghz.. can play the sim modded settings maxed out with 50fps.. to need to upgrade. 1 i5-3570K @ 4.5 Ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 8 GB DDR3, 1.5GB GTX 480 (EVGA, superclocked), SSD, 2 x 1680x1050, x-fi extreme music. TM Warthog, Saitek combat pro pedals, TrackIR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 from E8400 to 2500k will be good jump and you will see nice increase in framerate in sim, so I think it is worth the upgrade especiall if you get to overclock the new CPU. No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
con3para Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 thanks all , ill go for the i7 930 , and new mobo , poss get the lot for £200.00 if i ebay ..lol..2500k sounds good but price is high at the moment . HAF TOWER / MSI z77 G43 /-i5-3570k.@ 3.4mhz / GTX 780 / Patriot 8GB. DDR3 / TM-HOTAS-warthog 00228 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emenance Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) After using a q6600 for 4 years i went with i2500 . not as good at multithread games as i2600 but ill keep the extra 100 bucks. Check my sig. DCS is very nice with this i2500k system esp with an accelerated and cached raid 0 Drive set up. It was worth the upgrade any way I can look at it. But I run a business with the computer too so there are alot of other ++++ i get with the upgrade to i2500k. Edited February 4, 2012 by emenance Asus P8Z68-V GEN3/ 2500k 4.4ghz / Corsair 64gb SSD Cache / Corsair 8g 1600 ddr3 / 2 x 320gb RE3 Raid 0 /Corsair 950w/ Zotac 560TI AMP 1gb / Zalman GS1200 case /G940/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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